Chapter 5

Gordo was pretty stunned for a couple of minutes and of course that concerned Lizzie a lot, because she was kind of worried that she wouldn't like what he answered in the very end. Meanwhile David Gordon was very busy with trying his very best to wrap his head around the idea of Lizzie also wanting to be more than Friends: Wow! She really loves me; I never ever would have thought in a million years that this would really happen. On one side he kind of liked the idea to get to be Lizzie Mc Guire's Boyfriend but on the other side he also had to ask himself: What would happen if they broke up?

That would probably destroy their long-time friendship forever and that was the last thing that he wanted to happen and maybe because of that it was better if the things stayed the way they were right now: Him and Lizzie just being Friends and nothing more, no matter how strong his feelings for his other best friend were especially after the kiss in Rome. That kiss was not like the one that Lizzie had given him on the last day of Hillridge Junior High School, that one felt very special to him really and had left him speechless in the end because that was one thing that he hadn't expected to happen. He finally had come to a decision after a short inner struggle and he surely hoped that he wasn't making a mistake that he would regret in the end: "Of course I still feel the same way about you, I had a big crush on you since the fourth grade and I still love you now even after you paid more attention to Ethan the whole time at school and in Rome to Paolo, that rich and arrogant Italian Guy. " He finally got up from his bed, just held onto Lizzie's right hand for a moment before he slowly leant in to kiss her on the lips.

Immediately Lizzie was sent on Cloud Nine as she felt his lips softly brushing hers, then she swung both her arms around his neck and started to passionately kiss him back. For the next few minutes time didn't matter for them anymore, both of them were enjoying this moment so much that they really didn't want it to end that soon and Lizzie was definitely never ever more sure about thing: Never ever had she been more happier in her life before and she was sure that everything would work out just fine between them. In Rome he had been so disappointed in the end that the kiss hadn't lasted that long between them and now Gordo couldn't be any happier.

It quite a while but finally both of them practically lunged for getting some oxygen again and as they finally drew away from each other Lizzie had a big smile on her face but also kind of feeling a little bit exhausted because of the fact that her lungs were craving for some well-needed air after that long kiss between them.

"Soo…what do you think Miranda will say about us being together as a couple now when she returns from her family vacation." Gordo asked to finally break the silence between them, because he kind of was also a little bit worried that Miranda would feel like being the third wheel all the time they would spent together and Gordo definitely didn't want that to happen. Lizzie totally understood Gordo's concern that had brought up that question in his mind, so she shortly squeezed his right hand and replied: "I know what you're trying to say and I'm very confident that she will be happy for us and trust me when I say, that this relationship between us won't change anything with Miranda because when we three became friends I swore to myself that I wouldn't let anything tear the three amigos apart and I'm intending to keep that promise." He was happy to hear that, because that eased away his worries for now and as both of them just kept holding onto each other's hands until Gordo said: "So…do you think that your parents are really going to go through with grounding you for the rest of the summer?"

Lizzie thought about that for a moment and with big grin on her face she finally said: "Probably not but even if they would I would do anything possible to consider them otherwise." Then she gave him her best puppy dog eyes and Gordo couldn't help but laugh and said: "That was really good Mc Guire, I know for sure that I could never say no to those eyes."

She blushed a little as he said that and replied: "Now you're really flattering me." Without being able to prepare for it, Gordo suddenly started to tickle her and they let themselves fall softly onto Gordo's bed. There that little tickle attack continued for several minutes, until Lizzie could finally could utter the words totally out of breath: "Okay I give up, you've got me Gordo now help me up again." Of course he had kind of triumphant grin on his face as he extended a hand to her after he got back up into a sitting position first but she quickly turned the tables on him as she pushed him down on the bed again. She hovered over him for a while before he finally said broke the silence: "Nice trick you've pulled out of the hat there."

"Thanks a lot Gordo." She kissed him on his right cheek, then he got back into a sitting position shortly after her and of course she didn't want to think about that right now but as she sit there next to Gordo on his bed and looked up the current time on her watch she couldn't help but think: Oh Shoot! I really have to take care of making this punishment doesn't be that long because I'm certainly not going to let my parents ruin my summer.

After some silence Lizzie finally said: "So..I'll better get going now or else I'm going to be late for lunch at home and my parents wouldn't like that one bit." She then kissed him one last time on his right cheek before she finally got up from Gordo's bed and because of all of this was feeling kind of surreal to him he absently brushed over the spot where his new girlfriend had just kissed him and he really had to withstand the urge to pinch himself in the arm at this very moment.

Before she left Gordo's room, she turned around one last time to face and said: "I'll call you later." With huge smile on her face Lizzie finally left the Gordon household and she felt like she was on Cloud Nine and couldn't wait to share the news finally with Miranda.

A few minutes later Lizzie was back at home and of course Jo Mc Guire couldn't help but wonder what her daughter was suddenly smiling so much about: "I guess that things with Gordo went pretty well, judging from your body language." Lizzie was so lost in her own thoughts that she didn't notice her mother's presence at once but as she finally had composed herself again she replied: "Yes the talk went very well, I told him how I feel and he loves me too Mom, isn't that great?" Her mom now had a big smile on her face, because deep down she had known that those two would end up as a couple in the end. "I'm so happy for you and Gordo and you surely make a great couple." Jo then hugged her daughter tightly and for the next minutes the two women just enjoyed this wonderful mother-daughter moment.

AN: Thanks to- Seahawk 51 for reviewing this story. So Gordo and Lizzie are now couple, but not everybody will be happy for the two lovebirds and that means there will also be some bumps coming up in this very young relationship: What will the future hold for this two and how will Miranda react to the relationship of their two best friends? Please read and review